If its insurer, Lloyd’s of London, had paid
[a higher sum than Distillers Ltd. has paid]
to the British Thalidomide Trust,
Distillers Ltd., the distributor of thalidomide in Britain,
would have had to open its files to Lloyd’s of London.

British guv’mint did not want to open a public inquiry.

Le secret entourant la thalidomide
Les Archives de Radio-Canada
Date de diffusion : 7 novembre 1976
http://rc-archives.cbc.ca/emissions/368-876/page/1/
L’existence du secret entourant la commercialisation de la thalidomide a été révélée en Angleterre à l’automne 1976, selon Fernand Seguin.

Ivo Cerckel
honestmoney@maktoob.com
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